If you’re looking for ways to get a bet down on the Kansas City Chiefs in this year’s Super Bowl, there’s a range of options going well beyond simply backing the AFC champions to win the game. Below, we’ll take a look at multiple options, betting markets and odds for dozens of ways to bet on the Chiefs in Super Bowl 57.
Chiefs bets for Super Bowl 57
Spread
The point spread refers to the margin of victory in a game. For instance, the Super Bowl spread for the Chiefs is +1.5. The positive number indicates that the Chiefs are slight underdogs (a negative number indicates the favorite). This means that if you bet the spread, you have two ways to win. If the Chiefs lose by only one point, your bet would cash. If the Chiefs win by any score, your bet would also cash. It’s only if the Chiefs lose by two or more points that the point spread bet on them would lose.
There are a lot of options for point spread betting. Many bookmakers offer alternate spreads, where you can essentially choose your own point spread at varying odds. You can also bet the point spread by first quarter (), second quarter (), third quarter () or halftime (), and many sportsbooks will offer alternate spreads on those, as well.
Moneyline
A moneyline bet is a straight wager on your team to win. The score doesn’t matter, just as long as you correctly pick the winning team. The odds determine what your payout will be, meaning that underdogs (teams with positive odds) pay more than favorites (negative odds). If the odds on the Chiefs are, for example, +110, it means that a bet of $100 would win $110 in profit if Kansas City is victorious.
Here again, you can often bet the moneyline by first quarter results (), second quarter () or third quarter (), simply choosing the team that will be winning at that point.
Total
The total, or over/under, is the combined sum of both teams’ scores at the end of the game. Essentially, unless it’s otherwise specified, you’re betting on the total number of points in the game. If the total is 50, and you take the over, your bet wins with any final score that adds up to 51 points or more.
Once again, there are multiple ways to bet the point total throughout the game. While the total itself refers to the sum of points at the game’s end, you can also bet the total for the first quarter (), second quarter (), halftime (), third quarter () and fourth quarter ().
Parlays
A parlay is when you group more than one bet together, increasing the potential payoff and the risk. The parlay only cashes if all of its component bets hit, so the risk goes up with each leg you add. If any one of your picks fails, the entire parlay loses.
During the NFL regular season, many bettors will parlay outcomes from multiple games together onto one ticket. For the Super Bowl, same-game parlays are a popular option (sometimes also referred to as one-game parlays or same-game combos). This involves grouping multiple bets together from within the same game, at times allowing you to pair together outcomes that might be related.
For example, a bettor who’s expecting a big day from Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes might parlay the over on passing touchdowns by Mahomes () with the over on the point total, reasoning that a successful day for Mahomes would lend itself to a high-scoring game. If you were anticipating a pass-heavy approach from Kansas City, you could also parlay the over on Mahomes passing attempts () with the over on pass completions ().
Player props
Prop bets allow you to wager on specific occurrences within a game that are tied to specific players and how they’ll perform. These often come in the form of over/under bets on categories like yards gained or number of receptions, but they can also take other forms.
For instance, you could bet on Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce to score a touchdown in any form at any point in the game (). You could also bet the over/under on Isiah Pacheco’s rushing yards in the game (). Or you could bet on Juju Smith-Shuster’s longest pass reception of the day (). Particularly for offensive players, the possibilities are numerous across multiple statistical categories.
You could also bet on which player will be named the Super Bowl MVP. Odds tend to be lower for quarterbacks like Mahomes (), since that position has won more Super Bowl MVPs than any other, but you could also get long odds on a tight end like Kelce () or a running back like Pacheco ().
Team props
Team props allow you to bet on key markers of a team’s performance in certain statistical categories. For instance, if you’re expecting the Chiefs to focus on a run-heavy game plan, many sportsbooks allow you to bet the over/under on 1.5 rushing touchdowns for Kansas City. You can also bet on the Chiefs scoring over 2.5 touchdowns as a team or on the Chiefs’ total points.
There are a lot of options to choose from here — field goals, fourth-down conversions, etc. — and betting on the team to hit those marks can sometimes be safer than betting on just one player.
Game props
Game props allow you to bet on specific occurrences within the game but without necessarily tying those occurrences to just one team. For instance, you could bet on either team hitting 40 or more points in the game. You could also bet on whether either team will record a safety, down a punt inside the five-yard line or score a two-point conversion.
There are numerous possibilities, but many allow you to pick an outcome that you think one team might manage to hit, while at the same time covering you just in case the other team hits it.
Novelty props
These bets are always a popular choice for the Super Bowl. Novelty props offer odds on aspects of the big game that may have little or nothing to do with actual football.
For instance, you can bet on the result of the opening coin flip or on the length of the national anthem in relation to the game’s quickest scoring drive. Some sportsbooks even offer odds on what color Gatorade the winning team will dump on its coach.
Best Chiefs Super Bowl betting sites
There are multiple online Super Bowl sportsbooks to choose from in many of the states where sports betting is legal, and a lot of them offer incentives and sign-up bonuses for new users — especially around the time of the Super Bowl. Some of the most popular sites include DraftKings (currently offering up to $1,250 in bonuses to new users), FanDuel (offering a “no sweat first bet” for up to $3,000) and BetMGM (first bet covered for up to $1,000 if it loses with the code PLAY1000).
In order to sign up, follow one of the links to the sportsbook’s homepage and create an account. You’ll need to fill out some personal information, and you may have to enable geolocation to confirm your location and eligibility before selecting a deposit method to add money to your account.
Note that some sportsbooks have bonuses that only apply to your initial deposit, and the bonuses likely will be available in the form of site credit rather than cash that you can just withdraw. Bonuses typically expire within a certain time period, so be sure to read the terms and conditions.
